On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 12:49:38PM +0100, Nico Golde wrote: > Hi, > * Markus Teich <markus.te...@stusta.mhn.de> [2015-01-22 14:30]: > > younix wrote: > > > I don't get the point with an additional git branch!? What would be the > > > advantage of it, instead of a diff on the website? How would it look > > > like if > > > you made the next release of ii? > > > > After a new official release or just a simple new bugfix commit, I feel a > > `git > > merge master` from the new branch would be simpler than adapting the patch > > each > > time. Basically it's a tradeoff between a more complex updating mechanism > > (more > > work for the maintainer) and a more complex repository structure (harder to > > understand for new users). > > Right that was my main motivation to suggest this in the first place. Either > way, I have no preference, if you prefer a patch for the website that's > absolutely fine, so let's go for that! Ok. For easier maintenance of patches I would prefer a branch, too. But, I also would like to use a patch on the website for an OpenBSD port. I will send a patch with that to the list in the next days.
Thanks, Jan
